administrative support services. Two reorganization strategies were analyzed: shared services and outsourcing. The first approach …

outsourcing. We demonstrate that the hold-up friction under generic outsourcing increases with a firm's productivity. This implies … that: (i) high productivity firms choose ideal outsourcing to the South, (ii) medium productivity firms choose generic … outsourcing to the South, (iii) low productivity firms choose generic outsourcing to the North. Cet article étudie le rôle de la …

We show that the growth of the service sector facilitates outsourcing, or fragmentation of production. Services link …